Miles Pope, an African-American man (played by actor-comedian Lenny Henry) has to escape from the

mob, he disguises himself as a white man. The cast also features Frank Langella, Charles Lane (who also

directs the film), Michael McKeon, and James Earl Jones.

"He was the look of the early Hanna-Barbera cartoons. The look was instantly recognizable and so different from what everybody else was trying." -John Kricfalusi (creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show) on Ed Benedict